Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frain
Participle: frained
Gerund: fraining
Indicative
Present
| I | frain |
| you | frain |
| he;she;it | frains |
| we | frain |
| you | frain |
| they | frain |
Perfect
| I | have frained |
| you | have frained |
| he;she;it | has frained |
| we | have frained |
| you | have frained |
| they | have frained |
Past
| I | frained |
| you | frained |
| he;she;it | frained |
| we | frained |
| you | frained |
| they | frained |
Pluperfect
| I | had frained |
| you | had frained |
| he;she;it | had frained |
| we | had frained |
| you | had frained |
| they | had frained |
Future
| I | will frain |
| you | will frain |
| he;she;it | will frain |
| we | will frain |
| you | will frain |
| they | will frain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frained |
| you | will have frained |
| he;she;it | will have frained |
| we | will have frained |
| you | will have frained |
| they | will have frained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frain |
| you | frain |
| he;she;it | frain |
| we | frain |
| you | frain |
| they | frain |
Perfect
| I | have frained |
| you | have frained |
| he;she;it | have frained |
| we | have frained |
| you | have frained |
| they | have frained |
Imperfect
| I | frained |
| you | frained |
| he;she;it | frained |
| we | frained |
| you | frained |
| they | frained |
Pluperfect
| I | had frained |
| you | had frained |
| he;she;it | had frained |
| we | had frained |
| you | had frained |
| they | had frained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frain |
| you | would frain |
| he;she;it | would frain |
| we | would frain |
| you | would frain |
| they | would frain |
Perfect
| I | would have frained |
| you | would have frained |
| he;she;it | would have frained |
| we | would have frained |
| you | would have frained |
| they | would have frained |
Imperative
| you | frain |
| we | Let's frain |
| you | frain |
Verbs conjugated like 'frain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'frain'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English fraynen, freinen (“to ask”), from Old English freġnan, friġnan (“to ask, inquire, learn”), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, from Proto-Germanic *frehnaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Icelandic fregna (“to ask, inquire”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan, “to ask”). Related also to Dutch vragen (“to ask”), German fragen (“to ask”), Norwegian frega (“to ask”), Latin precor (“ask, beseech”), Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti, “to ask”), Lithuanian prašyti (“to request”), Polish prosić (“to request”). See: Middle English '
fraynen', Proto-Germanic '
*frehnaną', Icelandic '
fregna', Dutch '
vragen', German, old spelling '
fragen', Latin '
precor', Sanskrit '
पृच्छति', Lithuanian '
prašyti', Polish '
prosić'.
Verbs referencing "frain"
German, old spelling
fragen, Swedish
fråga, Sanskrit
पृच्छति, Latin
posco, Latin
precor, Icelandic
fregna, Alemannic German
frääge.
Sample Sentences
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Ones yet agayne Of you I wolde frayne, Why come ye nat to court ? [1522, John Skelton, Why come ye nat to Courte:]
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Theyr myndes disdayne: Gods actes to frain … [1555, Henry Parker, The Exposition and Declaration of the Psalme Deus ultionum dominus, XXVIII.]
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And so answerd ever when so the said Umphra frayned the said Thomas; and otherwaies this examinate never hard the said Thomas speak anything of himself to any bodye, duringe the spaic of an hower or more, that this examinate was with the said Thomas. [c. 1574, William Strothers (clerk), Deposition of Thomas Hunter, in "The Will of Humphrey Hopper", in Depositions and Other Ecclesiastical Proceedings from the Courts of Durham: Extending from 1311 to the Reign of Elizabeth]
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I, musing, frain'd her meaning: she / Her meaning thus did tell. [1592, William Warner, Albion's England. Book VII:]
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Nor far had spurr'd the warrior, ere a crew Of hinds and sun-burnt woodmen met his view, Frayn'd by the knight, they told, a beauteous maid, Who, loudly shrieking, call'd on heav'n for aid, [...] [1803, William Stuart Rose, transl., Amadis de Gaula, A Poem in Three Books, page 160:]
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But Jesus stood before the count; yea the count frayned him, quothing, thou is king of the Jews? but Jesus quoth to him, thou quoths. [1807, Samuel Henshall, translating "The Durham Book" (c. 900); The Gothic Gospel of Saint Matthew]